Rapid PCR-based test for identifying Candida albicans by using primers derived from the pH-regulated KER1 gene

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1094-1100

  Galán, Amparo ^a   Veses, Verónica ^b   Murgui, Amelia ^c   Casanova, Manuel ^c   Martínez, José P ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; DNA extraction; KER1 gene; Molecular identification; PCR

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; PRIMER DNA; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

AMPLICON; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA EXTRACTION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; KER1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA;

EID: 33749996103     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00114.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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